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Satellite ‘Shakuntala’
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- Bengaluru-headquartered space technology startup Pixxel announced that it has successfully launched its first full-fledged commercial satellite.
- This will eventually be part of its planned 36-satellite constellation, aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rideshare mission.
- The ‘Shakuntala’ satellite hosts one of the highest-resolution hyperspectral commercial cameras ever flown to space.
- It is bringing the company one step closer to building a 24x7 health monitor for the planet.
- Weighing less than 15kg, Shakuntala (TD-2) is capable of capturing orbital images in more than 150 bands of color from the visible and infrared spectrum.
- This indicates the growing role of India’s private enterprises in the space sector.
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